Choose one of the options and write an essay comparing or contrasting the two topics in your selection using EITHER the point-by-point OR the subject-by-subject method to organize the details and specific examples. Consider focusing on three to five subtopics and generate ideas through prewriting. Develop a strong thesis statement for your essay that includes your two topics from the list above; your three to five subtopics; and a claim about how they are similar, different, or both.
The guidelines for this assignment are as follows:
Remember to apply the concepts you’re learning in the course, including elements of grammar, punctuation, thesis development, and other skills.
Length: This assignment should be at least 500 words.
Sources: You need a bare minimum of one credible source for this assignment.
Note that you must use at least one credible source to support your ideas.
You may choose any of these topics:
• Stocks v. Bonds
• Socialism v. Capitalism
• Hitler v. Napoleon
• Apple v. Microsoft
• Renaissance Art v. Baroque Art (or any two artistic periods)
• Biology v. Chemistry
• America in the 1950s v. the 1970s
• Women in 1914 v. today
• Pop Culture in the 1980s v. Pop Culture today
• Abraham Lincoln v. Thomas Jefferson (or any two presidencies)
• British English v. American English
• Writing for print v. Writing for the Web
• American Government v. Canadian Government (or any world government)
• US Constitution v. Articles of Confederation
• Star Wars v. Star Trek
• Monarchy v. Presidency
• Thomas Hobbes v. John Locke (or any two philosophers)
• The former USSR v. Russia today
• (World War) Allies v. Axis
• Maya Angelou v. Adrienne Rich (or any two poets)
• Nazism v. Fascism
Choose one of the options and write an essay comparing or contrasting the two topics in your selection using EITHER the point-by-point OR the subject-by-subject method to organize the details and specific examples. Consider focusing on three to five subtopics and generate ideas through prewriting. Develop a strong thesis statement for your essay that includes your two topics from the list above; your three to five subtopics; and a claim about how they are similar, different, or both.
The guidelines for this assignment are as follows:
Remember to apply the concepts you’re learning in the course, including elements of grammar, punctuation, thesis development, and other skills.
Length: This assignment should be at least 500 words.
Sources: You need a bare minimum of one credible source for this assignment.
